Strong's Lexicon

H8057

H8057 — שִׂמחָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewsimchahnoun femOccurrences: 93TWOT: 2268b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8057
Word:שִׂמחָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H8056
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:93
Transliteration:simchah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:sim-khaw'
Meaning:1. blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV Renderings:X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8189

שׂוּמָה (van d. H. שׂימה Kt ) perhaps noun feminine token of unluckiness, scowl; — 2Sam 13:32, so EwG iii. 234, H.172 (abbreviated fromשׂמאל; or emendation שִׁטְמָה) We RSEncy. Brit.(9) DAVID Kit , compare Dr HPS.


BDB8259

שִׂמְחָה93 noun feminine joy, gladness, mirth; — absolute ׳ שׂ Gen 31:37 +, construct שִׂמְחַת Isa 9:2 +; suffix שִׂמְחָתִי Ps 137:6, etc.; plural שְׂמָחוֺת Ps 16:11, תֹ- Ps 45:16

1. mirth, gladness, e.g. in festivity, Gen 31:27 ( E ), Ps 137:3; Ps 137:6, 1Kgs 1:40; 1Sam 18:6; Isa 9:2 (twice in verse); Isa 16:10; Ps 45:16 יוֺם ׳ מִשְׁתֶּה וְשׂ Esth 9:17; Esth 9:18; Esth 9:22 compare (יוֺם omitted) Esth 9:19 (+ יוֺם טוֺב), Esth 9:22 (|| יוֺם טוֺם ), + 5 t., + ׳ קוֺל שׂ Jer 7:34 = Jer 16:9 = Jer 25:10 = Jer 33:11 joy of heart Prov 14:10; Prov 14:13; Eccl 5:19; Song 3:11, compare (of inward joy) Jonah 4:6; Prov 15:23 ; Prov 21:15 = gaiety, pleasure Isa 22:13; Eccl 2:1; Eccl 2:2; Eccl 2:10; Eccl 8:15; Eccl 9:7, ׳ בֵּית שׂ Eccl 7:4 חָנֵף ׳ שׂ Job 20:5, of foolish Prov 15:21; Prov 21:17 malicious joy Ezek 35:15 (ל of thing), so כָּללֵֿבָב ׳ שׂ Ezek 36:5.
2.46 (especially Psalms Chronicles) religious: 2Sam 6:12 || 1Chr 15:16; 1Chr 15:25; Joel 1:16 +; ׳ יוֺם שׂ Num 10:10 ( P ); ׳ עָשָׂה שׂ i.e. make a (sacred) festivity 2Chr 30:23; Neh 8:12; Neh 12:27 שִׂמְחַת עוֺלָם Isa 35:10 = Isa 51:11; Isa 61:7 ׳ שׂ with עַל person Neh 12:44 joy of heart Isa 30:29; Jer 15:16 as gift of ׳ י Ps 4:8; Ps 21:7 + 7 t. + (in mockery) Isa 66:5.
3. joy of ׳ י Zeph 3:17.
4. glad result, happy issue Ps 106:5 (|| טוֺבָה), Prov 10:28; Prov 12:20 (Gr אֱמֻנָה, Toy מִשְׁפָּט; opposed to מִרְמָה).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחה (māh-ghāh)

Isaiah 25:6

KJV: And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
EHCC: of fat things full of marrow,
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